pitting

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Pitting dealers against each other forces them to cut into their own margins to win business, rather than simply passing along standard rebates funded by automakers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

It comes three years since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, which led to a military operation to evacuate British nationals and Afghans, known as Operation Pitting.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024

Pitting a lovestruck fur trapper against a bucktoothed horde, this underground festival hit is a feverish fit of creative buffoonery — you haven’t experienced anything remotely like it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024

Pitting the 12S Ultra side by side against some of the current class leaders in smartphone cameras, there are clear situations where the bigger sensor makes a difference.

From The Verge • Jul. 26, 2022

Pitting one experience against another has gone to the making of many a cynic and not a few despairing souls.

From The Threshold Grace by Ainsworth, Percy C.